One of the challenges of last-generation connected devices was that they provided a lot of information, but no way to act on it. As algorithms improved, that information became insights that often suggested a particular course of action. And that is … [Read more...]
Two startups aiming to secure the IoT
If you're an IoT security company, I'm pretty sure you only have to place your pitch deck somewhere in the general vicinity of venture investors to get a meeting these days. It's a hot topic, but also a complicated one. It's sometimes hard to tell … [Read more...]
ObjectBox has built a distributed database for the IoT
Whenever I'm thinking about a new company or tech breakthrough, I ask myself how it helps us get to a world that can support a few billion or even a trillion devices. One obvious challenge is the current cloud computing model, where information and … [Read more...]
This startup is making it easy to reduce energy use in plants
The data derived from connected sensors can help reduce energy consumption by optimizing various aspects of plant operations. This is pretty easy to understand, but historically hard to implement. Using existing machine data or installing new sensors … [Read more...]
Stratus Digital Systems wants to create airlocks for the IoT
As security researchers gather at Defcon in Vegas, it felt appropriate to profile a startup trying to make the internet of things a bit more secure. I literally hear from dozens of startups each week trying to "secure the IoT," in part because it's a … [Read more...]
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